Eyes Adrift was a three piece rock

Rock music

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 supergroup consisting of Krist Novoselic

Krist Novoselic

Krist Anthony Novoselic II is a Croatian-American rock musician, best known for being the bassist and co-founder of the grunge band Nirvana. After Nirvana ended, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and then Eyes Adrift, releasing one album with each band...

 (bass guitar, formerly of Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...

), Curt Kirkwood

Curt Kirkwood

Curtis Matthew Kirkwood is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas....

 (guitar and lead vocals, of the Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets

The Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood , his brother Cris Kirkwood , and Derrick Bostrom . The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix...

), and Bud Gaugh

Bud Gaugh

Floyd "Bud" I. Gaugh IV is a rock music drummer who played in the bands Sublime , Long Beach Dub Allstars , Eyes Adrift Volcano , Del Mar and Sublime with Rome...

 (drums, formerly of Sublime

Sublime (band)

Sublime was an American ska punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band's line-up, unchanged until their breakup, consisted of Bradley Nowell , Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh . Michael "Miguel" Happoldt also contributed on a few Sublime songs, such as "New Thrash." Lou Dog, Nowell's...

 and Long Beach Dub Allstars

Long Beach Dub Allstars

The Long Beach Dub Allstars were a dub reggae/ska/rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002.-History:Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in childhood and later started their first garage punk band, consisting of drums, bass and vocals. They later formed Sublime with Brad Nowell...

). They released a self-titled album (see below) in 2002, which was a mixture of punk

Punk rock

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, grunge

Grunge

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, and country

Country music

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, taking all of their previous backgrounds and putting them together. They later broke up in 2003, after their debut album flopped. Kirkwood and Gaugh went on to form Volcano. The album is currently out of print.

Self-titled album

Eyes Adrift, the band's only album, was released on September 24, 2002. "Alaska" was the album's only single, released on March 3, 2003 in the UK

United Kingdom

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.

Track listing

1. "Sleight of Hand" – 4:11
2. "Alaska" – 2:51
3. "Inquiring Minds" – 2:46
4. "Untried" – 3:56
5. "Blind Me" – 4:01
6. "Dottie Dawn & Julie Jewel" – 3:04
7. "Solid" – 3:37
8. "Pyramids" – 5:13
9. "Telescope" – 4:06
10. "Slow Race" – 5:00
11. "What I Said" – 4:34
12. "Pasted" – 15:33

"Inquiring Minds" is dedicated to JonBenét Ramsey

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.

The Japan

Japan

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ese edition of the album, released on January 29, 2003 includes two additional tracks; "Son of Pasted" and "The Cup & The Lip".
The Australian edition of the album is not called "Eyes Adrift" but oddly enough "Bud, Curt & Krist".

"Alaska" single

The CD single to "Alaska", released on December 2, 2003 includes the tracks: "The Jerk" and "The Cup & the Lip".
"The Jerk" & "Son of Pasted" is the same song just retitled for the Japanese release since it follows the track "Pasted."

Personnel

• Krist Novoselic
  Krist Novoselic
  Krist Anthony Novoselic II is a Croatian-American rock musician, best known for being the bassist and co-founder of the grunge band Nirvana. After Nirvana ended, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and then Eyes Adrift, releasing one album with each band...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Curt Kirkwood
  Curt Kirkwood
  Curtis Matthew Kirkwood is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but currently resides in Austin, Texas....
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Bud Gaugh
  Bud Gaugh
  Floyd "Bud" I. Gaugh IV is a rock music drummer who played in the bands Sublime , Long Beach Dub Allstars , Eyes Adrift Volcano , Del Mar and Sublime with Rome...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Jimmy Shortell – trumpet
  Trumpet
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External links

• Meat Puppets collection at the Internet Archive
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  's live music archive
• Meat Puppets Live Repository